OPERATIONS COO
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Foundation: How Operations Thinks
Epistemology, Vocabulary, and the Trust Deficit
Core Framework: How Operations Is Actually Run
Operating Model, Decision Rights, Data Architecture, and Operating Rhythm
15 KPIs Every CFO Must Own: What Operations Measures and Why
Definitions, Calculations, Finance Connections, and the KPI Bridge
Budget Architecture: How Operations Budgets
Step-Fixed Costs, Capex Governance, Labor Models, Variance Decomposition
Analytics and Data: What Operations Measures and How
The Ops Data Stack, Real-Time vs. Batch, Throughput Accounting, and the Joint Dashbo
The Hardest Conversation: Cost Reduction vs. Capacity Investment
Structural vs. Cyclical Cost, Cost-Cut Hidden Costs, Investment Case Architecture
Pricing, Resource Allocation and Investment Decisions
Constraint-Based Pricing, Resource Allocation Framework, Investment Portfolio Ranking
OKRs, KPIs and the Shared Ops-Finance Dashboard
OKR Architecture, Five-Layer KPI Hierarchy, Dashboard Governance, Metric Cascade
Technology and Tools: The Ops Tech Stack
Tech Stack Architecture, Business Case Methodology, AI in Operations, Implementation
Teaching Finance to Operations
Financial Literacy Curriculum, Operational Decision Finance, P&L Ownership Culture
Case Studies I: When the Framework Met Reality
Five Complete Case Studies β OEE Crisis, Working Capital, Make-vs.-Buy, RAC Politics,
Case Studies II: The Framework Under Stress
Five Case Studies β Demand Collapse, Budget War, Quality Crisis, PE 100-Day, Board D
Case Studies III: What the Framework Cannot Do
Five Boundary Cases β The Correct Model Wrong Outcome, Culture Resistance, Speed v
Relationship Architecture: Building the CFO-COO Partnership
Partnership Anatomy, Development Stages, Failure Modes, Sustaining Disciplines, Kavya
Master Summary: The Systems CFO in Operations
Series Synthesis, Complete Self-Assessment, The Systems CFO Model, Kavya: Year Thre